Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I understand we want to get something that _isn't_ going to change after
> > 7.4.  That's why I proposed a simple --help-config in user-readable
> > format (might be improved in the future), and a --help-config-raw in tab
> > format, without headers.
> 
> Actually, I think the point Peter's been making is that it's not clear
> we need a "user-readable" output format at all.  The variant you are
> calling --help-config-raw is the only one that needs to be supported in
> 7.4, and anything else should (arguably) be left off so that it doesn't
> constrain a future redesign.

Agreed.  No one is asking for user-readable output, and if we output in
COPY format, we can just publish the schema and they can load it into
their favorate database.

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